Tamala Jones

The earnest mash-up of spoken-word performance, domestic drama and soapy romance in "Things Never Said" is unwieldy, to be sure, and would have sunk a less charismatic cast. As two aspiring Los Angeles poets who fall in love while one of them is married, Shanola Hampton and Omari Hardwick have personality to spare. Their chemistry lends spark to TV writer Charles Murray's first feature, in which, the title notwithstanding, a multitude of things are said, loud and clear. Hampton plays Kalindra, a waitress whose marriage to high school sweetheart Ronnie (Elimu Nelson) has exceeded its expiration date. The poetry she writes and performs at open-mike nights is her only passion...

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The earnest mash-up of spoken-word performance, domestic drama and soapy romance in "Things Never Said" is unwieldy, to be sure, and would have sunk a less charismatic cast. As two aspiring Los Angeles poets who fall in love while one of them is...